Mobs that cross over chunk borders that are being unloaded get deleted from the world. It looks to affect all types (hostile/neutral/passive), and named/unnamed mobs.
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kiizde
MCPE-134331
Mobs disappearing
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kiizde
Matthew Lee
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
Multiple
Win10
1.17.2 Hotfix
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